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Nintendo announces 2009 launch schedule
Nintendo has released its planned 2009 launch schedule for Europe and the United States. The United States Nintendo DS Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (16/02/2009) Pokemon Platinum version (22/03/2009) Personal Trainer: Walking (2009) Rhythm Heaven (2009) Mario and Luigi RPG 3 (Temp.) (2009) Nintendo DSi (hardware) (Spring-Summer 2009) Nintendo Wii Mario Power Tennis (??/03/2009) Pikmin ...read more
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Camera tech behind the Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is one of the largest sporting events on earth. It attracts hundreds of millions of viewers each year and even more dollars will be spent on advertising. Have you ever wondered what kind of technology is behind the curtains to make it all possible? This year NBC is leaving no inch of the field uncovered. First off there will be "400 on-site production and engineering personnel" ...read more
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The Pope has created a YouTube account
Pope Benedict XVI, or more appropriately, the Vatican as a whole, have created a YouTube account. The Assosciated Press is reporting that the Vatican hopes to utilize the growing medium of online media to unite the Pope's audience. Such a move was not made without criticism however, as the Pope warned that he "isn't embracing virtual communication without some reservation." The Pope, in a ...read more
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Monster.com hacked again
The Internet job web site, Monster.com was attacked by hackers again for the second time since 2007. In this instance hackers have stolen user data directly from the database, including user ID's, passwords, email addresses, names, phone numbers, and even basic demographic data. Monster.com has urged web site users immediately change their password on the web site. Possible phishing emails may ...read more
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Firefox wants to watch you browse
Mozilla is in early stages of planning to develop a tool to help itself grow by gathering data from Firefox users to help improve applications like Thunderbird and web functions. The add-on will collect demographic information like the user's technical level and geographic location. The add-on is completely optional to participate and not required for all users to install. Information like ...read more
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Amazon offers 40% off Xbox Live Gold Subscription
Amazon.com recently unveiled it's latest accessory sale, and one of the more popular items that went on sale is an Xbox Live Gold Subscription. Amazon has marked down the price by nearly 40% to $29.97. As of January 5th, 2009, there are currently 17 million Xbox Live subscribers. So if you're one of the 11 million people who don't have a subscription to Xbox Live, right now is a good time to try ...read more
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Belkin paying people to post fake reviews
Corporations live and die off consumer reviews and when your product isn't getting the remarks you had hoped for what do you do? Well if you are Belkin apparently you pay people, 65 cents for a 5 out of 5 review on Amazon. If 65 cents sounds like a good deal to you then it may be in your best interest to hit up Michael Bayard, a Business Development Representative at Belkin. He posted on ...read more
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App Store: 15,000 apps and 500m downloads
Apple Inc. is celebrating a huge App Store milestone: 500 million downloads, and over 15,000 apps in the store. The announcement is proudly displayed on the Apple home page, showcasing some of the most popular apps. Apple launched the App Store just six months ago, on July 11, 2008. The store started with 552 applications and a slew of problems. Developers staged boycots and complained about ...read more
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Teen racks up 14,528 texts in one month
In California a 13 year old girl was able to rack up an astounding 14,528 text messages in one month. For those keeping track that's 484 a day which breaks down to 20 an hour or 1 every three minutes, for the entire month! When asked, Reina Hardesty's replied that "I just like to talk", which is ironic because she was texting and not actually talking. Her parents were at least wise enough ...read more
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3-D television coming to a home near you
Television viewers could find themselves able to watch movies in three dimensions as soon as 2010, as television manufacturers showed off a variety of three dimensional prototypes at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. At the show, Panasonic Corp. demonstrated a plasma screen that could display animated movies and footage from the Olympics in high-definition 3-D. The ...read more
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